Standard Course of Study :: Visual Arts Education

Goal 2

The learner will develop skills necessary for understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes.

Expands control and manipulation of the media and tools which may include the following:

Photography - sun prints
Drawing - chalk, fine and broad markers, colored pencils, creates a variety of lines with tip, point and side, computer and software.
Cut paper - papers, found objects, fibers, glue, sharp-edged scissors, curling, scoring and stapling, cutting a variety of single and multiple shapes.
3-D - paper mache, small hand tools.
Printmaking - cardboard
Painting - liquid acrylics, large and small brushes, computer and software.
Ceramic - coil construction, compound pinch and slab, addition, smoothing, self-created stamps.
Fibers - Knotting, small hand looms for fibers.

Records 1–8 of 8 displayed.

Faces tell feelings - Part 6 - Emotions collage: Students will create a collage using magazine photos and words printed in computer lab to express a particular emotion.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education); By Jan Kimosh.

Alphabet hunt: Students will find images in our environment which contain letters of the alphabet (either man made or natural) and photograph them so that they appear as the focal point.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Visual Arts Education); By Lee Anne Kitzmiller.

Sodbusters!: Students examine photographs of sod houses, build a model sod house, and picture themselves living in a ‘soddie’ to gain a firsthand perspective on the frontier period of American history. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies); Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities

A listening doll: Students discuss the process of storytelling and listening to stories. Then, they create a listening doll in the tradition of the Native American storyteller dolls. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education); Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Let 's talk about painting: Students experience the process of creating paintings in various different styles. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Visual Arts Education); Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Exploring Turns: An activity of creating “paper quilts” allows students to explore the geometric transformation of rotation. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Exploring Flips and Slides: Students explore the geometric transformations of reflection and translation. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Describing Designs: Students create designs and describe them to classmates using fractional and geometric terms. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics